Victoria Finkle is American Banker's Capitol Hill reporter. She previously reported on consumer finance at the paper and before that wrote about environmental policy and regulation at Inside Washington Publishers.
The latest legislation retains a number of pro-business aspects from the earlier draft, including a delay of the Cadillac tax, removal of employer mandate penalties and expanding and enhancing HSAs.
Companies would welcome the elimination of 'costly and time consuming' provisions including the employer mandate, the Cadillac tax and reporting requirements.
